February72008
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Central Park South was dominated by two groups of people. The first were the tourists, coming to have a look at the residential towers that watched over the park; cameras drapped over their necks, in one hand they held the bags emblazoned with the logos of New York’s most famous Landmarks and stores, in the other hand they held their children’s hands tightly because, though beautiful, it was still New York. The second group, those who lived in the towers, were old men and young women; the men wore sportscoats with those patches on the elbows and always looked on the verge of making some witty comment to their young wives who, already dressed beautifully and fully made-up by midday, had faces, voices, and laughter that were accentless, as if they came from nowhere in particular.
